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Originally published August 14, 2017, in Plastics News. Some data may have been updated.

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All information was provided by the companies, except where otherwise indicated.

* Midpoint of a company-provided range

** Company-provided estimate

E Plastics News and industry estimates. These figures were not provided by the company.

CURRENCY NOTE: All Canadian sales figures have been converted to U.S. dollars using the average annual exchange rate for the 12 months of each company's fiscal year. For those fiscal years that correspond to calendar-year 2016, the following average annual rate was used: C$1=US$0.76.